Russia’s reaction to the expulsion of diplomats from the Czech Republic turned out to be stronger than expected Prague. This was stated by the head of the Czech Foreign Ministry, Yang Hamachek, reports Reuters.
“The reaction is stronger than we expected. It is more diplomats than the number of intelligence officers identified by us,” the minister said during the television conference. According to him, the Czech government will discuss further steps in the current situation.
On April 18, Moscow declared people of non-Grata 20 employees of the Czech Embassy, they must leave the country until the end of April 19. After that, five people will remain in the diplomatic adoption.
Before that, the Czech Republic announced the expulsion from the country of 18 Russian diplomats. They are suspected of working on Russian special services, which Prague considers it involved in the explosions in Vrbetice in 2014.
explosions occurred on October 16 and December 3, 2014, two people died as a result of the first. Exploded, presumably ten thousand kilograms of ammunition, including medium-range missiles. The reason for the occurrence remained unknown, according to one of the versions, the explosion happened due to the negligence of workers.
In addition, the Czech Republic announced the search for Russians Alexander Petrova and Ruslana Bolsharova. It is argued that they were at the site of the explosion in stock in Vrbetice in October 2014.